Your adrenal glands are two small glands, one on top of each kidney. They regulate many of the hormones our bodies use every day. And there are a lot of conditions that can involve the adrenal glands, depending on your mom's other symptoms. But with your mom's history, I would suspect that they want to rule out the possibility of an adrenal gland tumor in the larger gland. If they have determined that one gland is larger than the other, they'd like to know the reason why.
Here's a very good page on adrenal gland disorders:
It sounds like the doctors stay right on top of your mother's condition, which is wonderful. Was this found during an ordinary checkup, or does she have some other symptoms as well?
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Anon,
Your adrenal glands are two small glands, one on top of each kidney. They regulate many of the hormones our bodies use every day. And there are a lot of conditions that can involve the adrenal glands, depending on your mom's other symptoms. But with your mom's history, I would suspect that they want to rule out the possibility of an adrenal gland tumor in the larger gland. If they have determined that one gland is larger than the other, they'd like to know the reason why.
Here's a very good page on adrenal gland disorders:
http://urologyhealth.org/adult/index.cfm?cat=02&topic=30&x=15&y=15
It sounds like the doctors stay right on top of your mother's condition, which is wonderful. Was this found during an ordinary checkup, or does she have some other symptoms as well?
December 21, 2009 - 10:05amThis Comment
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